Observation pack · Cork County Council

The Corner House, Ballymakeery, Macroom, Co Cork, P12 HN25

Permission for retention of the following: a) on the Ground Floor 1 No. Vacant Commercial Unit & 2 No. Apartments -1 Studio apartment and 1 one-bedroom apartment b) on the first floor 2 No. one-bedroom apartments and all associated site works

Observations close 9 Oct 2026 17 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 4 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 29 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2307 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission for Retention
Status: Awaiting Admin Validation
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 416 m²
Received: 4 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 29 Oct 2026
Decision: not yet decided

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/2307.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2307 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Cork County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 9 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Cork County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26/1911	Refused	10 Sept 2026	—	434 m	Permission for Construction of an eighty-five bed residential nursing home with ancillary facilities and associated site works to service the development. (b) Demolition of exiting petrol station, shed and ancillary structures. (c) New entrance/exit and car parking facilities. Extension of Duration to permission granted under planning Ref. No. 20/4588.
25/6965	Grant with conditions	7 Sept 2026	—	199 m	Permission for a single-storey house extension comprising the demolition of an external wall on the northeast elevation to extend the existing kitchen, along with the construction of new bedroom, office, sitting room, bathroom, storage room, new secondary access door to the front of the proposed extension and all associated site works.
25/6927	Grant permission	18 Feb 2026	—	369 m	Permission To construct a dwellinghouse and a detached domestic garage. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 20/6449
25/4631	Conditional permission	21 Dec 2025	—	396 m	Cead pleanála a fháil le haghaidh a) Athlonnú agus domchlá nua ar an bpáirc atá ann agus draenáil atá oiriúnach. b) Cuir isteach cosán nua, fál liontán sreinge agus tuilsoilsiú timpeall na páirce. C) Ag tógáil botháin agus binsí nua. d) Ag tógáil seastán nua. e) Dromhclá crauidh ar an gcarrclós nua. f) Soilsiú poiblí nua timpeall an suiomh ar fad agus na suíomhanna coimhdeach ag Pairc Abán, An Portach, Baile Mhic Íre, Maigh Chromtha, Co. Chorcaí. / Naomh Abán CLG is applying for Permission for; a) Relocation and resurfacing of the existing pitch, including appropriate drainage. b) New footpath, wire mesh fencing, and floodlighting around the pitch. c) Construction of new shelters and benches, d) Construction of new stand, e) Hard surfacing on the new carpark, f) New Public lighting around the entire site and associated areas at Páirc Abán, An Portach, Baile Mhic Íre, Maigh Chromtha,
22/5926	Conditional	17 Jan 2023	—	199 m	Permission for the construction of a detached and one and a half storey one bedroom dwelling unit ancillary to main dwelling house, connection to public sewer together with all together ancillary site works
22/4165	Conditional	22 Mar 2022	—	348 m	Cead pleanála iomlán a lorg chun síneadh dhá urlár a chur leis an scoil, ag cur san áireamh, staighre éalaithe, doras éalaithe, athraithe ingearchló, ag cur fuinneog san áit ina bhfuil an doras éalaithe faoi láthair thuas staighre, chomh maith leis na hoibreacha láithreáin a bhaineann leis an suíomh - Full Planning Permission for a 2 storey extension to the school including emergency stairs and emergency exit, changes to elevations, insertion of window in place of existing emergency exit upstairs, as well as associated site works.
21/6516	Conditional	7 Feb 2022	—	295 m	The construction of a new dwelling, a new site entrance and all associated site works including a new waste water treatment system.
21/4861	Conditional	26 Nov 2021	—	338 m	The construction of a two storey dwelling, garage, waste water treatment system and ancillary site works.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

4 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 9 Oct 2026

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